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. >> these are problems japan will be facing for a long time to come, and they require clear action from politicians. the big topic right now our territorial disputes with china. -- right now are territorial disputes with china over the senkaku islands and how japan should continue its nuclear program. >> the event at fukushima have changed the culture -- the events at fukushima have changed the culture. ongoing demonstrations to end japan's nuclear program entirely demonstrate a clear change in japan. more and more japanese are questioning their leaders. >> in that sense, the fukushima disaster has definitely made voters more politically active. it has made them take a more critical look at the government. the anti-nuclear movement is growing. it is taking root and teaming up with movements around the world. in general, there is a move towards alternative lifestyles, and that is certainly playing a big role on the political stage. >> questions also surround japan's weakened economy. sony was recently downgraded to junk status by ratings agency fitch. japan's once booming auto industry h
. >> these are problems japan will be facing for a long time to come, and they require clear action from politicians. the big topic right now our territorial disputes with china. -- right now are territorial disputes with china over the senkaku islands and how japan should continue its nuclear program. >> the event at fukushima have changed the culture -- the events at fukushima have changed the culture. ongoing demonstrations to end japan's nuclear program entirely demonstrate a...
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participants are buying dollars due to receding worries after the fed's action. they are hoping the bank of japan will take action at its upcoming policy meeting next week. euro yen quoted at 108.22 to 99. japan's nikkei average went above 9700 at one point. a weaker yen and the u.s. fed's policy decision that's what's lifting a wide range of issues here in tokyo. let's take a look at other asian markets open now. we are seeing seoul's kospi up and over in australia the benchmark is trading unchanged at 4,583. we'll see where trading takes us throughout the rest of the day. greece is buying back bonds. it exceeds the 30 billion euro target. greece had been seeking investors willing to accept at 30 to 40% of the bond's face value. the program is designed to reduce the debt burden. analysts estimate greece will be able to shave about 20 billion euro's off its debt. this will clear the way for greece to receive a new infusion of more than 43 billion euros in aid from the eu and other principal lenders. the organization of petroleum export and countries held a genera
participants are buying dollars due to receding worries after the fed's action. they are hoping the bank of japan will take action at its upcoming policy meeting next week. euro yen quoted at 108.22 to 99. japan's nikkei average went above 9700 at one point. a weaker yen and the u.s. fed's policy decision that's what's lifting a wide range of issues here in tokyo. let's take a look at other asian markets open now. we are seeing seoul's kospi up and over in australia the benchmark is trading...
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diner barrier around the park and no democratic country has its government fenced off its terms of action was criticized by international observers could imprisonment or cranes opposition media government coverage ruling parties unfair access to state resources. but world headlines now violent clashes have broken out in the west bank city of hebron it's very troops have responded with tear gas to dozens of throwing stones and bottles the clashes come a day after israeli soldiers shot dead a palestinian teenager there a holy site by both jews and muslims who say the youth had a gun but palestinians deny this saying he simply failed to heed an order to stop at the border crossing due to hearing problems. u.n. war crimes tribunal has sentenced former bosnian serb intelligence chief. to a life in prison he was convicted of genocide the killing of eight thousand muslims and a massacre. like this was the right hand man of army commander. was also on trial joining us. fifty jailed by the hague court for the. green protests broke out across argentina after the acquittal of thirteen people high pr
diner barrier around the park and no democratic country has its government fenced off its terms of action was criticized by international observers could imprisonment or cranes opposition media government coverage ruling parties unfair access to state resources. but world headlines now violent clashes have broken out in the west bank city of hebron it's very troops have responded with tear gas to dozens of throwing stones and bottles the clashes come a day after israeli soldiers shot dead a...
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military aims but despite a lack of evidence proving otherwise israel has repeatedly threatened military action if diplomacy fails as an area for national reports michelle distrust between iran and the international community has already claimed victims. three decades of pride followed by three years of mourning when i'm in syria met her future husband a young physicist she immediately knew he'd come a long way indeed he went on to become one of iran's leading nuclear scientists until it all ended one sunny morning in january two thousand and ten. missions that would resign left to work and then i heard a terrible explosion i rushed to see what happened he was lying like this is what. i called my school would must must. must i thought he was just scared then i turned to him there was no face just blood in tissues he was the first victim in a gruesome trend associated with his work since two thousand and ten at least three other nuclear scientists have been murdered in iran to sing with me they were working hard so their country didn't need to beg other nations for know how we have the right acq
military aims but despite a lack of evidence proving otherwise israel has repeatedly threatened military action if diplomacy fails as an area for national reports michelle distrust between iran and the international community has already claimed victims. three decades of pride followed by three years of mourning when i'm in syria met her future husband a young physicist she immediately knew he'd come a long way indeed he went on to become one of iran's leading nuclear scientists until it all...
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european federation of journalists has strongly condemned the action as outrageous calling it a money spinning scheme middle east correspondent is following the developments. the journalist i'm happy coach never was taken hostage in october holmes the free syrian army has held her for nearly two months they've accused her of being both a russian and a syrian spy she has appeared in two you tube videos that were released earlier by the free syrian army and in one of those she appealed to the embassies of ukraine and russia as well as to the syrian government to meet the demands of the kidnappers it's very difficult to say whether in fact these demands will in fact be made she read a text in those videos in arabic in which admitted to having participated in the fighting and having worked as a military interpreter with syrian and russian officers but engineers doubt the authenticity of these videos believing that they were made while she was under duress now the ukrainian foreign ministry has also released a statement released last month saying that officials were negotiating for her bel
european federation of journalists has strongly condemned the action as outrageous calling it a money spinning scheme middle east correspondent is following the developments. the journalist i'm happy coach never was taken hostage in october holmes the free syrian army has held her for nearly two months they've accused her of being both a russian and a syrian spy she has appeared in two you tube videos that were released earlier by the free syrian army and in one of those she appealed to the...
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creditors are now expected to release athan small bailout cash money that's been held hostage since some actions put all of our picks up the story. greece's given its financial back is something of an early christmas present by buying back a chunk of its debt from them however when they take the wrapping paper off that gift they might find it's a little less which they've asked for as part of a buyback scheme which saw athens buy back its own problems at around thirty four percent of the original value according to the french finance minister that should be enough in order to see them receive the next round of bailout money that the country's been crying out for in fact they've been waiting for that cash since june the international monetary fund had expected greece to be able to get its debt situation down to one hundred and twenty four percent of overall economic output by twenty twenty is not seen likely right now this is the i.m.f. to say well we won't be lending any more money to any countries that can't pay back their debts however there is a dangerous precedent with this in terms of greec
creditors are now expected to release athan small bailout cash money that's been held hostage since some actions put all of our picks up the story. greece's given its financial back is something of an early christmas present by buying back a chunk of its debt from them however when they take the wrapping paper off that gift they might find it's a little less which they've asked for as part of a buyback scheme which saw athens buy back its own problems at around thirty four percent of the...
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or she is can feel safe from punishment if he or she is found in embezzlement or anything corrupt of actions in there go. her mental body's so tough was put in on the issue that sometimes it seemed that he was not speaking to the whole country or for the whole world to listen but he was addressing the people directly in this particular hole those who gathered to listen to what you had to say russia's lawmakers people from the cultural sears and military who are david in order that we could you know when you can how can people trust an official report issued who talks a lot about the good of russia but at the same time tries to take his money out of the country i ask you to support the bill to limit the amount of foreign accounts and stocks that officials and politicians can have. the people i. don't applaud yet maybe you would like everything i have to say in just one week's time i didn't put in we'll be holding an annual press conference for the world media and the eyes of the entire planet will again be on the russian president look see russia. reporting from inside the kremlin. feared by
or she is can feel safe from punishment if he or she is found in embezzlement or anything corrupt of actions in there go. her mental body's so tough was put in on the issue that sometimes it seemed that he was not speaking to the whole country or for the whole world to listen but he was addressing the people directly in this particular hole those who gathered to listen to what you had to say russia's lawmakers people from the cultural sears and military who are david in order that we could you...
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consulate in benghazi, libya a terrorist action. in her letter, rice wrote, "the position of secretary of state should never be politicized. i'm saddened that we have reached this point." in u.s. economic news, the number of americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to its second- lowest level this year. and retail sales rebounded in november, rising 0.3% but that seemingly good news did little to help stocks on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average lost almost 75 points to close at just under 13,171. the nasdaq fell more than 21 points to close at 2,992. the european union came a step closer to a full-fledged banking union today. after an all-night meeting in brussels, e.u. finance ministers agreed to give the european central bank oversight of eurozone banks, as well as banks in other e.u. countries that choose to opt-in. the european commissioner for economic and monetary affairs said the agreement was an important step forward for europe. >> last night's decision on the single supervis
consulate in benghazi, libya a terrorist action. in her letter, rice wrote, "the position of secretary of state should never be politicized. i'm saddened that we have reached this point." in u.s. economic news, the number of americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to its second- lowest level this year. and retail sales rebounded in november, rising 0.3% but that seemingly good news did little to help stocks on wall street today. the dow jones industrial...
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his actions and service remind us of the danger that the task of the men and women of the coast guard do on a daily basis. and that's why it was so important that we pass this reauthorization bill. we couldn't have done this reauthorization without the many hours that senator begich put in to help it get across the finish line. and he knows how important the coast guard is to the men and women of the pacific northwest and to my state of washington. the coast guard is part of our maritime culture in the pacific northwest and this bill helps the coast guard watch over our people and our businesses and protect our coastline. and in there, i'd like to offer or expound on three provisions that were particularly helpful for us in the northwest. one, this legislation helps protect the polar sea and ice breaker based in seattle. it helps clean up tsunami debris hitting the west coast and it analyzes the potential of a tar sands super tanker in our waters off of washington state. in october of this year, i visited vigor shipyards in seattle where our heavy-duty ice breaker fleet is serviced. t
his actions and service remind us of the danger that the task of the men and women of the coast guard do on a daily basis. and that's why it was so important that we pass this reauthorization bill. we couldn't have done this reauthorization without the many hours that senator begich put in to help it get across the finish line. and he knows how important the coast guard is to the men and women of the pacific northwest and to my state of washington. the coast guard is part of our maritime...
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there's no action. this president has said sympathetic things, but not been -- the on-line sales are really hard legally to get out because on-line traffic, as all sorts of different laws. >> well, there are things we can do. the first thing we can do is require background checks for all gun sales, and that would -- >> even on-line. sxl even on-line. that is a major thing, but as you say, politicians have been slow on this issue, but the american people are head of the politicians, and they think this is -- the american people realize that we are better than this. we're better than the america that we have right now, and the people are going to lead the leaders in this case. >> one of those social issues that's been so difficult to resolve. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> really good to see you. >> up next, rock center's meredith vieira introducing us to a rock star author who is captivating children all over the world. ♪ any tree on this lot is on me. i'm the messenger, by the way. what's your
there's no action. this president has said sympathetic things, but not been -- the on-line sales are really hard legally to get out because on-line traffic, as all sorts of different laws. >> well, there are things we can do. the first thing we can do is require background checks for all gun sales, and that would -- >> even on-line. sxl even on-line. that is a major thing, but as you say, politicians have been slow on this issue, but the american people are head of the politicians,...
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why are you concerned about moody's taking action here in italy? >> good morning. i think italy has a number of big challenges next year. as you can see, the market remains extremely sensitive to the fluid political landscape at the moment. but most people see it as a significant growth challenge with which the market will have to reconsider a bit of trajectory as to the fiscal consolidation path and the extent to which the world nation will work next year which may trigger some repricing of the risk for the sovereign which at the moment is substantial of the ecb's intervention. >> that and market sentiment has gotten more positive on sentiment late lit. if people come around to the risks that you're outlining, how much of a reaction are we going to see in yields? >> yes. obviously, the ecb's announcement is very important and the event has a number of events materializing. i'm pretty sure that the short kind of the curve in italy will not get the sort of level that we've seen in the worst of the crisis. but at the same time, i think there are a number of issues wh
why are you concerned about moody's taking action here in italy? >> good morning. i think italy has a number of big challenges next year. as you can see, the market remains extremely sensitive to the fluid political landscape at the moment. but most people see it as a significant growth challenge with which the market will have to reconsider a bit of trajectory as to the fiscal consolidation path and the extent to which the world nation will work next year which may trigger some repricing...
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if we can do it again, then bernanke's actions are not going to be for naught. they're going to be buying time for leaders in washington to take over. but if leaders in washington don't take over, then ultimately this is just going to lead to an inflationary outcome and it will all be for naught. >> what i'm worried about on the political side is we could be on the verge of an endless cliff and we may be falling into this, this kind of perfectly dysfunctional political equilibrium that will be self-perpetuating. because if you have a cliff know, i mean, i think the -- if most we're going to have a little bridge deal or some patch of a deal that says, okay, we'll come back and have time to work out tax, entitlement reform with another cliff. but what's going to change between now and then politically that will make it work? and maybe we get another down payment and another cliff. >> gridlock, people used to like it on the right because it meant that the government couldn't do anything. but we've got all these things where if you don't do anything, something's hap
if we can do it again, then bernanke's actions are not going to be for naught. they're going to be buying time for leaders in washington to take over. but if leaders in washington don't take over, then ultimately this is just going to lead to an inflationary outcome and it will all be for naught. >> what i'm worried about on the political side is we could be on the verge of an endless cliff and we may be falling into this, this kind of perfectly dysfunctional political equilibrium that...